Archive for Hal Wallis
Happy Holidays :: Christmas with the King. What a Wonderful Way to Spend Your Holiday! (December, 1963)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Christmas, Elvis Presley, Fun in Acapulco, Hal Wallis, Happy Holidays, Ursula Andress on December 25, 2014 by WB KelsoDa’King Lives! :: Excitement and Adventure Under the Sea! (June, 1967)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Adventure, Comedy, Da'King Lives, Dodie Marshall, Easy Come Easy Go, Elsa Lanchester, Elvis Presley, Hal Wallis, John Rich, Musical, Pat Harrington, Pat Priest, Skip Ward on August 16, 2012 by WB Kelso
Here it is, folks. The absolute zenith, the pinnacle for all perpetuity, the most absurdest buffoonery ever befallen, the most absolute gob-smacking brain-bending smack-down to ever occur in the annals of cinema: a dueling duet between Elvis Presley and Elsa Lanchester. That’s right: it’s the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll vs. the Bride of Frankenstein in a little number I like to call…
Video courtesy of Brittany Reilander
That. Is. AWESOME!
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
Other Points of Interest:
Full film review of Easy Come, Easy Go at the Brewery.
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) Hal B. Wallis Productions :: Paramount Pictures / EP: Joseph H. Hazen / P: Hal B. Wallis / AP: Paul Nathan / D: John Rich / W: Allan Weiss, Anthony Lawrence / C: William Margulies / E: Archie Marshek / M: Joseph J. Lilley / S: Elvis Presley, Dodie Marshall, Pat Priest, Pat Harrington, Skip Ward, Elsa Lanchester
Da’King Lives! :: Sadly, This Drive-In Double Feature is About as Close as He Ever Got to an Actual World Tour… (August, 1965)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Alejandro Rey, Comedy, Da'King Lives, Drive In, Elsa Cárdenas, Elvis Presley, Fun in Acapulco, Gary Lockwood, Gimmicks and Promotions, H.M. Wynant, Hal Wallis, It Happened at the World's Fair, Joan O'Brien, Kurt Russell, Larry Domasin, Margaret Rutherford, Murder Ahoy, Musical, Norman Taurog, Paul Lukas, Richard Thorpe, Romance, Ursula Andress, Vicky Tiu, Yvonne Craig on August 14, 2012 by WB Kelso
And good luck getting this number out of your head:
Video courtesy of hitmewitdarock.
You’re welcome.
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
Fun in Acapulco (1963) Hal Wallis Productions :: Paramount Pictures / EP: Joseph H. Hazen / P: Hal B. Wallis / AP: Paul Nathan / D: Richard Thorpe / W: Allan Weiss / C: Daniel L. Fapp / E: Stanley E. Johnson / M: Joseph J. Lilley / S: S: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas, Larry Domasin, Alejandro Rey
It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963) Ted Richmond Productions :: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Ted Richmond / D: Norman Taurog / W: Si Rose, Seaman Jacobs / C: Joseph Ruttenberg / E: Fredric Steinkamp / M: Leith Stevens / S: Elvis Presley, Joan O’Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu, H.M. Wynant, Yvonne Craig, Kurt Russell
Da’King Lives! :: Ride the Crest of the Wave Right into a Paradise of Songs! (December, 1961)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Angela Lansbury, Blue Hawaii, Christian Kay, Comedy, Da'King Lives, Elvis Presley, Hal Wallis, Howard McNear, Joan Blackman, Musical, Nancy Walters, Norman Taurog, Roland Winters, Romance on August 14, 2012 by WB Kelso
Change a couple of character names and you could easily pass off Blue Hawaii as a direct sequel to Elvis Presley’s G.I. Blues. Here, the action picks up when our boy returns home to the islands after his discharge from the army, where a life in the family pineapple business awaits him — if only he were inclined to the prickly fruit, which he ain’t. So, instead, our boy enjoys life as a tour guide / beach bum until a misunderstanding between a grab-fanny tourist and his jealous girlfriend leads, once more, to the inevitable split, which then leads to the even more predictable reconciliation as the Action Man Elvis Movie template solidified itself even further. The first of Presley’s Hawaiian Island trilogy (along with Girls, Girls, Girls and Paradise, Hawaiian Style), Blue Hawaii also, I think, boasts the best soundtrack album from the breezy main title theme to this gonzoidal classic:
Video courtesy of MFFforever.
… A song, of which, I already wrote an open apology letter to Dolores Fuller for co-writing it, but what I’m really thankful to this movie for is this little number:
Video courtesy of vunhan.
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
Blue Hawaii (1961) Hal Wallis Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: Hal B. Wallis / AP: Paul Nathan / D: Norman Taurog / W: Hal Kanter / C: Charles Lang / E: Charles Lang / M: Joseph J. Lilley / S: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Roland Winters, Nancy Walters, Howard McNear, Christian Kay
Da’King Lives! :: He Sings, She Swings in the Rousing, Rollicking Story of American’s Ever-Lovin’ G.I.’s! (December, 1960)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Arch Johnson, Comedy, Da'King Lives, Elvis Presley, G.I. Blues, Hal Wallis, Jeremy Slate, Juliet Prowse, Letícia Román, Musical, Norman Taurog, Robert Ivers, Romance, Sigrid Maier on August 14, 2012 by WB Kelso
G.I. Blues was Elvis Presley’s first film when his hitch in the army came to an end. Appropriate, right? However, the film was also a turning point in The Big E’s film career. And for better or worse, for Elvis, it was turn that set the template for almost all the films that followed.
Video courtesy of 1957now.
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
Other Points of Interest:
Full film review of G.I. Blues at 3B Theater.
G.I. Blues (1960) Hal Wallis Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: Hal B. Wallis / AP: Paul Nathan / D: Norman Taurog / W: Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson / C: Loyal Griggs / E: Warren Low / M: Joseph J. Lilley / S: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers, Arch Johnson, Letícia Román, Sigrid Maier, Jeremy Slate
Now Showing :: October, 1948
Posted in 1940-1949, Movie Ads, Now Showing with tags Ann Todd, Hal Wallis, Ray Milland, So Evil My Love on June 3, 2012 by WB KelsoA Wild Western Whodunit (August, 1968)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Dean Martin, Five Card Stud, Hal Wallis, Henry Hathaway, Mystery, Robert Mitchum, Westerns on May 3, 2012 by WB Kelso
Other Points of Interest:
Full film review of Five Card Stud at the Brewery.
Five Card Stud (1968) Paramount Pictures / EP: Hal B. Wallis / P: Joseph H. Hazen, Paul Nathan / D: Henry Hathaway / W: Marguerite Roberts / C: Daniel L. Fapp / M: Maurice Jarre / S: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Roddy McDowall, Yaphet Kotto, Katherine Justice, Inger Stevens